The ethics of captivity /
Gruen, Lori,editor of compilation.
In the United States roughly 2 million people are incarcerated; billions of animals are held captive (and then killed) in the food industry every year; hundreds of thousands of animals are kept in laboratories; thousands are in zoos and aquaria; millions of "pets" are captive in our homes.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Canis familiaris: Companion and Captive / Alexandra Horowitz -- Cetacean Captivity / Lori Marino -- Captive Elephants / Catherine Doyle -- Captive Chimpanzees / Stephen R. Ross -- Rabbits in Captivity / Margo DeMello -- Captivity in the Context of Sanctuary for Formerly Farmed Animals / Miriam Jones -- Life Behind Bars / John Bryant, James Davis, David Haywood, Clyde Meikle, and Andre Pierce -- Political Captivity / Lauren Gazzola -- For Their Own Good: Captive Cats and Routine Confinement / Clare Palmer and Peter Sandoe -- Born in Chains? The Ethics of Animal Domestication / Alasdair Cochrane -- The Confinement of Animals Used in Laboratory Research: Conceptual and Ethical Issues / Robert Streiffer -- Captive for Life: Conserving Extinct in the Wild Species through Ex Situ Breeding / Iris Braverman -- Sanctuary, Not Remedy: The Problem of Captivity and Need for Moral Repair / Karen S. Emmerman -- Dignity, Captivity, and an Ethics of Sight / Lori Gruen -- Coercian and Captivity / Lisa Rivera.
In the United States roughly 2 million people are incarcerated; billions of animals are held captive (and then killed) in the food industry every year; hundreds of thousands of animals are kept in laboratories; thousands are in zoos and aquaria; millions of "pets" are captive in our homes.
Animal rights.
Captivity.
Autonomy.
Dignity.